Bottle holder



Mar. 13, 1923.

1,448,015 A. 1.. WELSH BOTTLE HOLDER Filed Aug. 1?, 1921 2 sheets-sheet 1 W A. L. WELSH BOTTLE HOLDER Filed Aug. 17, 1921 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

UNITED s'TA s TENT W S or KQ WQ new ssamese rim-Ha: bi 'RLES "qon vs FR EDMIL-LEE'BOTHbF' xokoiitoannmn" BorTIJE HOLDER.

Application filed August 17, 1921. Serial No. 493,053.

To all whomxit may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED L. WELSH, a citizen of the Unitecbstates, residin at Kokomo, in 'the'county of Howard and btate of Indiana, have inventeda new andnseful Bottle Holder, of "whichthe'ffollowing*is a specification.

This invention relates to abottle holder especially designed for use in :holding 'ihilk bottles, 'means being provided whereby in order to permit the proper plac'ingbf the filledbottle in the holder, it is necessary for the customer to deposit in'the holder an empty bottle which will be delivered to the dealer when he opens the holder for the purpose of placing a filled bottle in -position.

Another object is to provide a holder which will completely house the bottle or bottles so as to protect them from dust and moisture. I 1

A still further object is to provide a holder in which the inserted bottle acts as a key for the purpose of permitting the unlocking of the doorof an adjacent compartment to permit the opening of said 'door'and the insertion of another bottle.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of theinventi-on.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has beenshown.

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"yoke will move together. when one of the doors is swung open, its" -.having an upstanding central strip 2 providing the front of the hoiising into two parts each "of which is formed witlr'a door t3 hinged to one side of the strip? and havlng'a knob 4 whereby thedoor canbe readily swung into or out'ofclose'd position. Suit:-

able stops indicated at 5 are arranged with :in'the housing forflimitin'g the. inward swingsupported by each of these brackets is a plvot'screw 8 or the like on whicha yoke 9 is pivotally mounted. The two yokes are arranged in the same plane, the inner p'ortions} of the yokes being rounded or'formed with their "edges concentric with "the pivots 8 so that said edges'havea rolling contact when the yokes are swung about their pivots. The arms 10 of theyokes are extended normally backw'ardly from the doOrs S' and when the arms are thus located slotsl'l which are formed in theroundjed meeting" edges of the yokes register as shown in Fig"- I Links 12 connect the doors to the respectiveyokes so "thateach door andFits,

yoke, if unlocked, will swing'forwardly so 'that the arms 10 of the yoke will project though the door opening. When the door In other 'words is closed, however, thearms willbe swung back into the housing as shown in Figure 1. A rock shaft 13 is journaled-in the hous ing and extends from the" back 'to" the front thereof and under the meeting portions of Fixedly secured to this "rock shaft and extending upwardly therefroni is the yokes.

a finger 14 constituting akey adapted to be seated in either or both of the slots 11-. Extending "forward-1y from the back of the housing 1 are brackets lhfhavingslots 16 therein and slidable within these hrackets is'abar 17 provided near each end with a'notch 18 in the upper edge thereof. Secured to the top of the housing near the front thereof are spring latches or strips 19 which are preferably bowed as shown in Figure 3, the back ends of one of these strips being seated normally in a notch 18 so as thus to hold the bar 17 against sliding movement. A crank arm 20 is secured to the rock shaft 13 and has a finger 20 which pivotally engages the middle portion of the bar 17 so that this bar cannot move unless the shaft 13 is rotated, or vice versa.

The forward end of the shaft 13 is provided with a handle or knob 21 which can be operated readily by a person adjacent the holder.

When the handle 21 is extended downwardly vertically the finger 1 1 is seated in both notches or slots 11 and it is thuS impossible to rotate either of the yokes 9. Assuming that the yokes are empty, one latch strip 19 will be seated in a notch 18 so that the bar 17 cannot be shifted longitudinally. When the bar 17 is thus located the finger 14: is seated in only one of the slots 11 and, consequently, that yoke 9 under the strip 19 which is seated in a notch 18 is free to swing when its door 3 is pulled outwardly. After this one door has thus been opened a milk bottle, such as shown at B is placed on the arms of the exposed yoke and the door is then closed. This will cause the upper end of the supported bottle to wedge under and raise the strip 19 which is seated in the notch 18 so that the bar 17 willthus be released. At the same time the 'tWo slots 11 will again be brought into register. The shaft 13 can then be rotated to swing the finger14c into the slot 11 in the yoke supporting the bottle and this movement will be sufiicient to cause crank arm 20 to slide the bar 17 so as to bring the other notch 18 in position under the spring strip 19 above the empty yoke. Thus while the filled yoke cannot be shifted or its door opened because of the finger 14 being seated in the slot 11 of said yoke the other yoke 9 can be swung open and a filled bottle placed therein. Until this filled bottle is placedin position the empty bottle previously positioned in the holder as described cannot be removed. After the filled bottle has been placed in posit-ion its yoke is swung back by closing the door thereof and the top of the filled bottle will thus lift the spring strip 19 thereabove out of engagement withits notch 18. Consequently the bar 17 is released and shaft 18 can be rotated so as to swing the finger 14: out of the slot 11 in the yoke supporting the empty jar whereupon the door connected to said yoke can be swung open and the yoke moved to position where the empty jar can be removed therefrom.

Obviously this construction insures an interchange of bottles, it being impossible to to lock either or both of the doors against movement when shut, a slide bar movable by and with the shaft, and separate means for separately engaging the bar to hold said bar and the shaft against rotation, said means being shiftable by bottles supportedon the yokes and movable into the housing, to release the bar.

2. The combination with a housing, separate doors, separate bottle supporting yokes within the housing and movable with the respective doors, said yokes having slots adapted to register when the doors are shut, of means movable into either or both of the slots for holding either or both of the yokes and their doors against movement when the doors are shut, means for automatically lock ing one of the yokes and doors against movement when the doors are shut, and means operated by the placing of a bottle in the yoke of the other door and the movement of said bottle into the housing for releasing the locked door to permit the opening thereof.

3. The combination With a housing, sepa rate doors movably connected thereto and yokes within the housing and movable with the respective doors, said yokes constituting bottle supporting means, of an operating member, means movable therewith for holding either of the yokes against rotation when the doors are shut, a slidable bar movable in said member and having separate notches, separate spring members adapted to be seated within the respective notches alternately, said members being mounted in position to be engaged and shifted out of bar engaging positions by bottles supported by the yokes.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I haiie hereto affixed signature in'the presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED L. WELSH. Witnesses J. R. MORGAN, FANNIE A. Mono-AN. 

